Rockson
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Of course what I'm sharing here isn't literally real but it's somewhat like a parable. I find it's helped some people, something I feel the Lord gave me. No not scripture but neither was John Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress. For the most part very encouraging. OK,
There's two Kingdoms....the Kingdom of Light and the Kingdom of Darkness. Both Kingdoms have what we might consider to be clothing racks. We'll talk about God's Rack in a minute but let's start with the Kingdoms of Darkness. The Devil and his cohorts worked hard to create and make all sorts of clothes for every location. Shirts, coats even glasses for people to put on to see the world and their experiences a certain way. On a certain day a Christian awoke and looking for something to put on he sadly went to the Devil's rack. The devil and his workers watched from a distance and didn't say a word. They usually let their customers decide which ones they want to wear. The Christian looked at the first garment on a hanger.
On it were the words Garment of Fear. Looking at the second hanger it had on it Garment of Despair. Looking at the third ....Garment of Depression. Other hangers down the way had on them a great number of things. Strife, Envy, Misery, and on and on they went. Christian took the Garment of Depression off the rack and put it on. To him it seemed to fit very well! From a distance one demon gave him the thumbs up! He called out, "Good choice! That is a very popular one. We can't seem to make enough of them!" So the Christian goes out then to face the day!
NOW....a second Christian wakes up......looking for something to wear. He walks up and finds the devil's rack.
He looks over what they are and turns his face to walk out the door. He then hears the voice of one of the devils calling out to him asking where he's going? He tells him he's leaving and that he's not going to put on these clothes. The devil is much displeased and says to him "What do you mean you're not going to take one to wear! We've worked overtime making them and they're a custom fit just for you!" The Christian replies, "I don't care what you've done! I'm not putting them on!" The devil shouts back, "Well we'll see about that!" and he takes one of the garments off the rack and tries to put it on the Christian himself! This Christian boldly asserts, "No I'm not putting one of these on and YOU'RE NOT going to put it on me!"
The devil starts looking frustrated, some might even say depressed, and he asks the Christian with much exasperation, "Well if you're not going to put one on what are you going to wear?"
Christians points over to a distance....."I see God's rack over there! One says put on the garment of Praise for the spirit of heaviness Isaiah 61:3 . Another says the garment of FAITH, another Joy! I see also Peace, Contentment, Love, Self-control and instead of despair I see being Satisfied and Fulfilled! Yeah God's rack and clothes are the only thing I'll wear!
Later after the second Christian has put on God's clothes one comes up and asks him. "But what is the devil going to do with all those garments? As they said he worked so hard in overtime to make them?"
Christian responded by saying, "I don't know. If he can't get me to wear them I suppose he'll seek to get somebody else to do so. Some put them on without even thinking. And if he can't find anybody else then I guess he'll have to wear things like depression himself! Main thing is don't you get so down if he has to! He's made so many others wear depression and other things for such a long time it's maybe his turn to wear them anyway!"
There's two Kingdoms....the Kingdom of Light and the Kingdom of Darkness. Both Kingdoms have what we might consider to be clothing racks. We'll talk about God's Rack in a minute but let's start with the Kingdoms of Darkness. The Devil and his cohorts worked hard to create and make all sorts of clothes for every location. Shirts, coats even glasses for people to put on to see the world and their experiences a certain way. On a certain day a Christian awoke and looking for something to put on he sadly went to the Devil's rack. The devil and his workers watched from a distance and didn't say a word. They usually let their customers decide which ones they want to wear. The Christian looked at the first garment on a hanger.
On it were the words Garment of Fear. Looking at the second hanger it had on it Garment of Despair. Looking at the third ....Garment of Depression. Other hangers down the way had on them a great number of things. Strife, Envy, Misery, and on and on they went. Christian took the Garment of Depression off the rack and put it on. To him it seemed to fit very well! From a distance one demon gave him the thumbs up! He called out, "Good choice! That is a very popular one. We can't seem to make enough of them!" So the Christian goes out then to face the day!
NOW....a second Christian wakes up......looking for something to wear. He walks up and finds the devil's rack.
He looks over what they are and turns his face to walk out the door. He then hears the voice of one of the devils calling out to him asking where he's going? He tells him he's leaving and that he's not going to put on these clothes. The devil is much displeased and says to him "What do you mean you're not going to take one to wear! We've worked overtime making them and they're a custom fit just for you!" The Christian replies, "I don't care what you've done! I'm not putting them on!" The devil shouts back, "Well we'll see about that!" and he takes one of the garments off the rack and tries to put it on the Christian himself! This Christian boldly asserts, "No I'm not putting one of these on and YOU'RE NOT going to put it on me!"
The devil starts looking frustrated, some might even say depressed, and he asks the Christian with much exasperation, "Well if you're not going to put one on what are you going to wear?"
Christians points over to a distance....."I see God's rack over there! One says put on the garment of Praise for the spirit of heaviness Isaiah 61:3 . Another says the garment of FAITH, another Joy! I see also Peace, Contentment, Love, Self-control and instead of despair I see being Satisfied and Fulfilled! Yeah God's rack and clothes are the only thing I'll wear!
Later after the second Christian has put on God's clothes one comes up and asks him. "But what is the devil going to do with all those garments? As they said he worked so hard in overtime to make them?"
Christian responded by saying, "I don't know. If he can't get me to wear them I suppose he'll seek to get somebody else to do so. Some put them on without even thinking. And if he can't find anybody else then I guess he'll have to wear things like depression himself! Main thing is don't you get so down if he has to! He's made so many others wear depression and other things for such a long time it's maybe his turn to wear them anyway!"
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